PowerPoint, Progeny And Anniversaries

A while back I got to fiddling with organizational charts in PowerPoint, wondering how they’d look with family names and dates instead of department heads and junior assistants. The chart includes the early Haigney family members I have been researching — my great-great grandfather Martin, his children and grandchildren. I did like the look, which is represented below, sort of. You can view a much bigger size chart here, where I stashed it on a separate page for posterity.

Speaking of posterity (well, not really, but anything for a cheap transition), yesterday was the second anniversary of the blog. Goodness, time flies.

It has been a tough fall for the blog. Hurricanes and unseasonal snow storms cut off its power source for two extended stretches. And it has been neglected while its owner (cravenly hiding behind passive voice as usual) has busied herself with a genealogy course.

Well, whose fault is that, blog? You’re the one who made me realize how much I still have to learn.

Anyway, as I step out from behind the grammatical shield, I’ve been thinking about why I keep writing the blog, and honestly, that’s the main thing: It’s keeping me thinking about what I’m doing with my genealogy, and how I can do more of it better. The kind people who have commented on posts with encouragement and suggestions are central to that, and I thank you with all my heart. You’ve helped my thinking and my technique grow, and enlarged my sense of what is sound work and what is not.

So despite this rather spotty blogging fall, I don’t think I’ll be stopping anytime soon. In fact I am acquiring a backlog of thoughts, rants and book reviews I just can’t get to yet, but are clamoring to be let out. If you like that sort of thing, consider yourself reassured; otherwise, consider yourself warned. And as always, thanks for stopping by.

3 Comments on “PowerPoint, Progeny And Anniversaries”

Hi Liz, Please don’t stop your blogging and research. I think it is so interesting and I love the way you write. Your whole family I consider to be some of the most intelligent of the Haigney clan. Any chance you can send me the powerpoint file? I have a vision that someday I will be able to document our ancestry in calligraphy and gold leaf. It is my passion, although I haven’t had much time to do it lately. Love to Jim, Nora and Meredith
Cousin Carol Ann